I make bread. A lot. I haven’t bought bread for over 2 years. I make sourdough, but the problem with pure wet sourdough is it’s a bit tricky to handle and to score before cooking.
I have the handling sorted (sort of) but the scoring is another animal. Andy bought me a lame which technically is good, but it’s not strong enough for the wet dough I use and just comes apart. It would be OK for a yeasted bread which is dryer and easier to score, but not for proper sourdough wet types. We didn’t know this until we tried.
I was watching a bread guy on youtube last night (for an hour). He was awesome. He was so matter of fact, talking through his daily bake in his bakery. He uses a “monkey wire lame”.
I showed Andy the monkey wire lame online. We knew it wouldn’t work exactly for me because I cut my bread in a pot rather than on the flat so I need the handle for elevation. This afternoon he grabbed one of the new razor blades we have for my bread, popped out to the old house for a bit and came back with the perfect lame tool for me.
I couldn’t have possibly bought it online.
How awesome is he!
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